<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Combined Team to Offer Enhanced,Industrial Strength E-mail andMessaging Alternative – No Linux Expertise Required</b></i><br/></p><p><span style="font-style: italic;">NEW YORK, NY —</span> TodayXandros, the leading provider of intuitive end-to-end Linux solutionsand cross platform management tools, announced the acquisition ofScalix, the premier award-winning Linux e-mail, calendaring andmessaging company. The acquisition represents another step in thefulfillment of Xandros' strategic vision for developing a completeLinux stack, including desktop, SMB and advanced enterprise servers,cross-platform management tools, and mission-critical IT infrastructureapplications, in order to provide organizations and enterprises of allsizes with single vendor support of their diverse and growing ITinfrastructures.<br/><br/>Scalix will continue to operate independently, as a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Xandros. As such, it will have the parent company’s fullcorporate commitment, and access to its much larger financial andengineering resources and significant new technologies, in order tomaintain, enhance, and develop new products in the Scalix portfolio. Itwill also continue to provide full and equal support for all ofScalix’s historical platforms: Red Hat, Novell, Xandros, and others.<br/><br/>Moreover, as part of the larger Xandros company, Scalix will be able toleverage Xandros’ resources and technologies beyond the e-mail serverlevel, which have proven interoperability, cross-platform management,and advanced deployment capabilities that do not require Linux skillswithin the enterprise. Scalix can capitalize on Xandros' operatingsystem level know-how and technologies to extend product capabilitiesand feature/function advantages. As a result, Scalix will providescalable mission critical e-mail and collaboration solutions withglobal 24/7 support that can be easily deployed and administered on RedHat, Novell, Xandros, and other Linux platforms by Windows networkadministrators with no prior Linux experience.<br/><br/>“This acquisition brings great advantages to Scalix customers,”explained Glenn Winokur, CEO of Scalix. “The expanded Xandros-Scalixengineering and support team will provide a truly integrated messagingand calendaring 'appliance-style’ product with unmatched ease ofinstallation and administration on both Xandros and all other supportedLinux platforms. As a complementary addition to the Xandros productline, Scalix products will continue to be developed with the samevision and roadmap we've historically pursued, so future versions willcontinue to appear as seamless upgrades. Furthermore, customers willbenefit from strengthened support and service offerings providedthrough a larger combined reseller and partner network. Finally, as amuch larger company, with far greater resources, offices around theworld, and additional unique technologies, Scalix will be able toexpand and consolidate its leadership position as the premier Linuxe-mail and calendaring company.”<br/><br/>“We are excited by this acquisition as Scalix has hundreds of corporatecustomers all over the world, a large following in the open sourcecommunity, and a common vision of addressing interoperability needs intoday’s multi-platform environments,” said Andreas Typaldos, CEO ofXandros. “In bringing together developers of powerful and intuitiveLinux administration, deployment, and management tools from Xandros,with those who created the premier Linux e-mail, calendaring andmessaging solution from Scalix, we will create combined solutions thatwill ensure even faster adoption in the months and years to come byenterprises looking for Linux-based Exchange alternatives that Windowsnetwork administrators can easily deploy, without the need for Linuxknowledge or expertise.”<br/><br/>“The Scalix product will continue to be developed on all platformfamilies supported by Scalix today,” Typaldos continued. “We will ofcourse continue to promote the Xandros-Scalix bundled Serverapplication that we developed with Scalix a year ago, but we will alsoimmediately apply those enhanced Xandros deployment and managementtechnologies, tools, and benefits to all of Scalix’s non-Xandrosplatforms as well. Xandros is already committed to having its powerfulcross-platform BridgeWays management tools support all key non-XandrosLinux distributions and platforms, and the Scalix e-mail andcalendaring product is a perfect fit for the Xandros BridgeWaysstrategy.”<br/><br/>The current tight integration of Scalix within the Xandros Serverprovides an all-in-one groupware solution that can be centrallyadministered through the remote, all-graphical Xandros ManagementConsole. The combined solution provides business clients with scalableindustrial strength world-class e-mail and calendaring, with choice fora wide array of e-mail rich clients, including Outlook, Thunderbird,the AJAX-based Scalix Web Access Client, as well as various popularwireless handheld devices. At LinuxWorld, both Xandros Server andScalix won product excellence awards for best server and best messagingsolution respectively.<br/><br/>While Scalix is now part of the Xandros family, Scalix products willretain their distinct product name and logo, in keeping with thebrand’s wide recognition for its enterprise-class messaging andcalendaring solutions available on multiple Linux platforms.<br/><br/><b>About Xandros</b><br/><br/>Xandros, Inc. is the leading provider of award-winning, intuitive,end-to-end Linux solutions, including desktops, SMB and enterpriseservers, and mixed-environment, cross-platform management tools.Xandros pioneered low cost, graphical operating systems that leverageexisting skill sets and provide seamless Windows-Linuxinteroperability. It has since extended its Debian-based consumer andbusiness desktop line with SMB and enterprise servers and managementsoftware, featuring workflow automation and “single pane of glass”remote deployment and administration. The company is headquartered inNew York with research and development facilities in Ottawa and Mumbai,and sales and support offices worldwide. For more information, pleasevisit <a href="http://www.xandros.com">http://www.xandros.com</a>.<br/><br/><b>About Scalix</b><br/><br/>Scalix is the leading Linux email, calendaring and messaging company.Scalix allows companies to reduce the cost and complexity of messagingwith a field-proven collaboration platform based on Linux, openstandards, and open source. The Scalix products provide flexibility andfreedom of choice, helping enterprises achieve independence fromvendor, technology and licensing lock-in. With over 1 million mailboxesdeployed, 140,000 Community Edition downloads, 5,500 community forummembers and 675 corporate customers, Scalix Collaboration Platform isthe most field-proven Linux email and group calendaring solutionavailable to enterprises. The privately held company is headquarteredin San Mateo, California, with offices and distribution partners inNorth America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.scalix.com">http://www.scalix.com</a>.<br/><br/><br/>Xandros® is a registered trademark of Xandros Inc. All othertrademarks and/or registered trademarks are the property of theirrespective owners.<br/><br/>Xandros Contact: Xenia von Wedel<br/>Terpin Communications Group<br/>1-415-595-2030<br/>xenia@terpin.com<br/>Customer service: 1-212-213-8083<br/></p><p><b>Contact Australian distributionpartner Custom Technology Australia <a href="http://www.customtech.com.au/">www.customtech.com.au</a></b></p>

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